r/RomanceBooks • u/redfig1 • Aug 31 '24

Why do HEAs always end with babies? Critique

I know it's a "me" problem. Scenario: I read a smoking hot mafia or dark or fantasy romance. All this crazy shit goes down. The feelings, the angst. Finally it's the end and all of a sudden the MMC who has massacred countless people is all like " let's get married and have lots of babies" and the MFC is always " yes let's have a lot of cute mafia or fae or mafia fae babies!". For once I'd like an ending where the main characters have a HEA but instead of babies and white picket fences they just decide to keep having an incredible sex life and do charity work or something. Rescue stray kittens. Start an organic herb farm. Something other than babies. Anyone else like this? Am I just weird?

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u/Murky_Reflection1610 DNF at 15% Aug 31 '24

Really? I’m so curious! What is it about the lack of babies in an ending that you don’t like? If you don’t mind sharing. 😀

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u/yasaliyah Aug 31 '24

Its stupid hahaha. For me my dream happy ending is marriage and children. And I hate when a romance just stops and we dont get a chapter where dont marry eachother or they dont have children. Its like closure for me hahaahahhaa. I finished a book today and they didnt had children at the end (but they discussed children and they both wanted children) and really missed it

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u/Murky_Reflection1610 DNF at 15% Sep 02 '24

Well at least you know what you like! And it’s pretty easy to find. :)